Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) compared same-sex marriage to bestiality while speaking about gun laws in a conference call with Tea Party Unity, according to an audio tape that surfaced earlier this week.

“[…] I had this discussion with some wonderful, caring Democrats earlier this week on the issue of, well, they said ‘surely you could agree to limit the number of rounds in a magazine, couldn’t you? How would that be problematic?’” Gohmert said on the conference call in February, as noted by Right Wing Watch on Tuesday. “And I pointed out, well, once you make it ten — then why would you draw the line at ten? What’s wrong with nine? Or eleven? And the problem is once you draw that limit.”

He continued: “It’s kind of like marriage when you say it’s not a man and a woman any more. Then why not have three men and one woman, or four women and one man, or why not somebody has a love for an animal? There is no clear place to draw the line once you eliminate the traditional marriage. And it’s the same once you start putting limits on what guns can be used then it’s just really easy to have laws that make them all illegal.”

Gohmert made the remarks Feb. 14. Tea Party Unity aims to “provide the tea party movement nationwide with a unique clearinghouse and town hall forum where various existing tea party leaders can communicate and exchange ideas to help all tea parties become more effective,” according to its mission statement.